Actor Dev Patel tries to quit stabbing in Australia: report

Actor Dev Patel put his safety at risk to help stop a stabbing in Australia on Monday.

According to Australian outlet 7news, the Oscar-nominated actor was at a gas station in Adelaide, Australia, when a couple’s argument turned violent.

Patel, 32, allegedly tried to defuse the situation before the woman stabbed the man in the chest.

“Dev acted on his natural instincts to try to defuse the situation and end the fight,” a rep for Patel told 7NEWS. “The group luckily managed to make it, and they stayed behind to make sure the police and eventually the ambulance arrived.”

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Police told the outlet the man, 32, was rushed to hospital and is expected to survive. The woman, 34, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, the outlet reported.

A representative for Patel did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.

Patel allegedly put his safety at risk to try to defuse a violent situation.
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Although the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ star put his life on the line, a rep for the actor says there are “no heroes” in this situation.

“This specific incident highlights a larger systemic problem of marginalized members of society not being treated with the dignity and respect they deserve,” the rep told the outlet.

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Patel and his wife, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, reside in Australia.

One of Patel’s biggest career hits was “Lion” released in 2016 where he starred alongside Nicole Kidman. Kidman, 55, played a mother who adopts her son from India after he was found on the streets of Kolkata aged just 5. Years later, his adult son, Saroo (Patel), sets out to find his lost family.

Dev Patel starred opposite Nicole Kidman in “Lion” in 2016.
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Kidman has been candid in the past about what this film meant to her, saying it was a “love letter” to her children.

“I can see now for ‘Lion’ that it was important to me because I’m a mother with adopted kids,” she told Town & Country in 2016.

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“This film is a love letter to my children,” she continued. “[My character] Sue is deeply motherly and full of unconditional love, which is beautiful.”

Kidman shares two adopted children with ex-husband Tom Cruise: Isabella, 29, and Connor, 27.